Names in Hebrew

Avery in Hebrew

Written

אייברי

With the vowels

אֵייבֶרִי

Read from right to left.

Letter by letter

  1. אֵ–
  2. ייey
  3. בֶve
  4. רִr
  5. יi

Why these letters

A Hebrew word can’t begin with a bare vowel, so the name starts with א: it is silent and carries the vowel. The ay / ey sound is written with two yods, יי. The v is ב without its dot: with the dot, בּ, it would read b.

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